Product Description

The ultimate Eighties heart-throb Jason Donovan came close to destroying his body, mind, soul and career with drugs. Never one to shy away from the truth, Jason writes candidly about Kylie and winning the battle with his demons in the paperback of his bestselling bombshell autobiography. Jason Donovan burst onto our TVs in the 80s as Scott Robinson from Neighbours, one half of TV couple Scott and Charlene with Kylie Minogue. Kylie and Jason became the celebrity couple of the eighties and released the number one Stock, Aitken and Waterman hit Especially For You in 1988. But behind the squeaky-clean popstar image was a man increasingly addicted to recreational drugs and on a spiralling downwards path until the love of a good woman pulled him through. His pop career launched, Jason went on to sell over 30 million records worldwide and appeared in West End musicals such as Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat and, more recently, The Rocky Horror Show. But just as Jason reached the pinnacle of his career, everything collapsed around him. When Jason sued style magazine The Face for calling him gay, the press tore him apart. Years of binge drug taking and partying to excess followed.In his frank and honest account of his life, Jason talks candidly about the drugs that nearly saw the end of his career, about his relationship with the princess of pop, Kylie Minogue, and how he finally got his own very happy ending with the woman who saved him, his partner Angela and their two children.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6683 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Review
'his bombshell autobiography' Daily Mirror '[Jason] is so honest about the depth of his addiction that it's totally shocking' Polly Hudson, Daily Mirror 'his brutally honest autobiography. Jason is a man who likes to tell it like it is.' Hello magazine

From the Author
Over the years I have been asked on countless occassions to tell my life story, but I always refused on the grounds that it wasn't the right time for me - and in truth, it wasn't, for I was either too young, too busy or too dazed and confused to be able to make sense of it all. Now that I am a year shy of my fortieth birthday - and thus older and wiser, if a little more weathered - I believe that I am finally in a position to look back and tell my tale as it was. My life to date has been a roller-coaster ride, and at times all I could do was just hang on, but I'm still here and it ain't over yet! As my dad has always said to me, the secret to a long and happy life is not to take it all too seriously. You're a long time dead, he says.
He's right.
Enjoy!
Jason

About the Author
Jason made his name as Scott Robinson in long-running Australian soap Neighbours, playing alongside his real-life partner Kylie Minogue. Especially For You, his duet with Kylie for Stock, Aitken and Waterman, was a number 1 single and Jason went on to be the biggest pop star of that time, with 17 hit singles in the UK between 1988 and 1993. He also enjoyed huge success as the leads in the stage musicals Joseph and His Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Rocky Horror Show

Customer Reviews

A Very Honest Read
This book was great, Jason is extremely honest. From his life down under growing up in Neighbours, meeting Kylie to the Drug Problems, through it all he has come out the other side with a lovely family. Couldn't put the book down, it was that good. Would recommend.

You won't be able to put this book down - it is fantastic!
I got this book as a Christmas present from my husband. I'm not really a book person but I thought I'd read the first few pages to see what it was like and I just couldn't put it down! It had me hooked from the very first pages, reading about Jason growing up, how he met Kylie and how he got into Neighbours. Then about his life in London, the musicals he acted in and his drug problems - it had me gripped. I read it in a few days. I even had a few tears in my eyes at the end when he talks about his partner and his children and how they have changed his life. My husband is now thinking about reading it too!

Interesting Book!
I read this entire book within two days! If you were a Jason/Kylie fan in the early days then you will find you can remember a lot of the things he has written about. It was interesting, very honest, funny and also sad in parts. What I liked about it was that Jason Donovan doesn't take himself too seriously and is able to laugh at himself and admit he has made mistakes (just like everyone else). It was good to read about his journey and the positive outcome with his wife and children. I would definitely recommend this book!